Key Tronic Corporation v. United States et al.
Decided June 6, 1994. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 93-376 · 511 U.S. 809 (1994) · Cited 558 times
Holding
CERCLA § 107 does not provide for the award of private litigants’ attorney’s fees associated with bringing a cost recovery action.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- John Paul Stevens · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- David Hackett Souter
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Dissenting · 3
- Antonin Scalia · filed a dissenting opinion
- Clarence Thomas
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Runyon v. McCrary · 427 U.S. 160 (1976)
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
- Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. · 451 U.S. 630 (1981)
- Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union · 451 U.S. 77 (1981)
- Cargill, Inc. v. Monfort of Colorado, Inc. · 479 U.S. 104 (1986)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc. · 543 U.S. 157 (2004)
- United States v. Atlantic Research Corp. · 551 U.S. 128 (2007)
- Peter v. NantKwest, Inc. · 589 U.S. 23 (2019)
- Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources · 532 U.S. 598 (2001)
- Astrue v. Ratliff · 560 U.S. 586 (2010)
- United States v. Bestfoods · 524 U.S. 51 (1998)
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